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Show 0 0N 0GPANTLAND N GPANTLAND C , nANDS W\ W WcEjsmm ' ' \ /cEjsmm cEjsmm / FOR the last SIX years 1f i1 you feel feelstrong feelstrong - strong enough to turn back the thecalendar thecalendar thecalendar calendar to 1941 19.11 1911 . the Card nals naIs and andthe andthe andthe the Dodgers have taken takon over most mostot mostof mostof ot of the pennant interest in the Na Natonal Nat tonal t onal league By Dy some odd turn turnthe turnthe turnthe the Cubs slipped sllppcd safely into port in in1945 1945 but even then the Card naIs nals naIswere nalswere nalswere were breathing not fire on the r rnecks rnecks rnecks rnecksIt necks necksIt It must be admitted that in most mostot mosto1 mostof ot o1 the Card nal Dodger pursu t tr traces traces r races ace s the nedB fledBirds Red ned fled _ B Birds I r d s from St StLows StLouis StLouis Lows Louis have shown shownmore shownmore shownmore more wing wmg power powerm powerIn In the stretch Theyhad Theyhad They Theyago had the e'Ctra eCtra extra ' flut flutter 4 4ter ter needed A year yearago , ago around this thist d ' t me the Dodgers Dodgerswere Dodgerswere Dodgerswere were seven and a ahalf ahalf } half games in front frontof fronta frontof frontof a of the r Card nal4 nal4t nal nalpursuers nalpursuers t pursuers but thislead this ftia s t . r rlead / lead wasn t enoughGrantland enough Grantland GrantlandRIceas Rice Riceas Riceas as they finished fimshed In Ina ina ina a dead heat with Wlth the Cardinals Cardmals WID win WIDmng winning winDing mng ning the playoff playoffWhatever play offWhatever off offWhatever Whatever happens in the toggy foggy toggyfuture foggyfuture foggyfuture future and all futures are foggy foggythe foggythe foggythe the Dodgers have stolen the Na NatlOnal National National tlOnal tional league show up to this spotJust spot spotJust Just before the season opened openedtheIr openedtheir openedtheir theIr manager Leo Durocher was wasordered wasordered wasordered ordered to Elba or St Helena the theNapoleoDlc theNapoleomc theNapoleonic NapoleoDlc Napoleomc hide out by Happy HappyChandler HappyChandler HappyChandler Chandler who right or wrong also alsowas alsowas alsowas was wrapped up in a fog This Thisforced Thisforced Thisforced forced Branch Rickey to reach out out"nd outand outand "nd nd and " drag In Burt Shoiton Shotton the most mostunderrated mostunderrated mostunderrated underrated manager in 1D m basehall baseball basehallwho baseballwho baseballtvho who knew nothing nothmg about his teamShott teamShotton team teamShotton Shott Shotton on stepped into mto the middle of ofa ofa ola . a strange squad He soon lost his hisstar hisstar star Pete Reiser who still snll beheves believes beheveshis believeshis believeshis his head is harder than a hydrant hydrantor or a concrete wall Then Shotton Shottonbegan Shottonbegan Sbottonbegan began looking around for a pItcher pItcherwho pitcherwho pitcherwho who could travel tour four InnIngs-al InnIngs al InnIngsalmost inningsalmost mnmgs - almost most anyone who could locate the thegeneral thegeneral thegeneral general direction of the plateA platei1ltId plate plateA A A Mild Mzld i1ltId Old Timer Tlmer TimerShotton TlmerShotton TlmerShotton Shotton a m mild d country lookmg looking lookmgold lookingold lookingold old timer bmer the exact opposite of ofDurocher ofDurocher ofDurocher Durocher like Ole Man River just justttept Justwept lusticept ttept wept rolling rollmg along The Dodgers Dodgerswere Dodgerswere Dodgerswere were shot The day of ot the Bums Bumswas Bumswas Bumswas was over The Brooklyn attendance attendancewould attendancewould attendancewould would take a dizzy dip But what whathappens whathappens whathappens7 happens ? ' The Dodgers move out in infront infront Infront front and the attendance fills 1ls the theball theball theball ball park despite a wet cold spring springand springand springand and anda a wetter colder JuneThe JuneThe June JuneThe The Dodgers so far , under Shot- Shot Shotton Shotton Shot-ton Shot ton - . - - ton baye have outplayed the Bums And Andthey Andthey Andthey they h have ve even keener tan fan support supportFor supportFor supportFor For Brooklyn knows Its baseball baseballand baseballand baseballand and Brooklyn understands and ap- ap apprecIates appreciates ap appreciates - - preciates the handicaps Shotton has hasfaced hasfaced hasfaced faced facedwith with Chuck Dressen and Red RedCorrlden RedCorriden RedCorrlden Corrlden Corriden over la In the Yankee campAn campAn camp campAn An old timer by the name of Burt BurtShotton BurtShotton BartShotton Shotton deserves much more credit creditthan creditthan creditban than ( be he has received He has turned turnedIn turnedin turnedto In one of the big jobs of the yearThe yearThe year yearThe The Cardinals looking back to toMarch toMarch toMarch March and Apr April appeared to have haveclass haveclass haveclass class The Giants have had power powerThe powerThe powerThe The Braves have had balance balancepJtching balancepitching balancepitching pJtching pitching and hitting b1tting But the Dodg Dodgers Dodgers Dodgers ers remain remam the major threat the theteam theteam theteam team to beat . . . A few days ago I ran across my myold myold myold old friend Arky Vaughan , , one of ot the thebest thebest thebest best all around ballplayers you 11 ll 11see llsee IIsee see in many a year Arky can play playeither playeither playeither either the Infield or the 'lwtfield- 'lwtfield lwtfield hutfleid- hutfleid 'lwtfieldand hutfleidand ' outfield outfieldand - and he is one of the best natural naturalutters naturalhitters naturalhitters utters hitters ! baseball has knownWhat knownWhat known knownWhat What holds the Dodgers up up7 ' I Iasked Iasked Iasked IaskedA asked askedA A good all around ball ban club clubVaughan clubVaughan clubVaughan Vaughan answered There Thera s al always always always ways somebody around to handle handlethe handlethe handlethe the job when we get in m trouble ThIs ThIsmeans Thismeans Thismeans means pitchers pltchers outflelders outfielders or m in mfielders infielders mfielders fielders We ve ye had more hard luck luckvith luckvith 11th vith ' Reiser Edwards and others othersthan othersthan othersthan than any other team But we keep keepJustlmg keephustling keephustling Justlmg hustling ! We 11 ll outhustle the CardI CardIDaIs Cardinals Cardinals DaIs nals too We have a bunch of ot young youngpitchers youngpitchers youngpitchers pitchers who will be stars next nextyear nextyear nextyear year After all Branca is only 21 21Watch 21Watch 21Watch Watch Hatten and Barney Robin Robinson Robinson Robinson son has turned in a swell job Show Showme Showme Showme me a stronger second base short shortstop shortstop shortstop stop combination combmatIon than Reese and andatanky andStanley tanky atanky They are winning wmrnng winrung ballplay ballplayers ballplayers ers The Dodgers are made up ot of otWInning ofwinning ofwinning WInning ballplayers The Yen to WinEvery Win Wzn WznEvery WinEvery Every team and every ball ballplayer ballplayer ballplayer player likes to win But the Dodgers DodgerslIke Dodgersbke Dodgerslike lIke bke the winning side better than thananyone thananyone thananyone anyone else I can t understand whyJO why 10 JO 30 many people are surprised at the theDodgers theDodgers theDodgers Dodgers showing We might ffilght aught easily easilywith easilywith easilywith with better luck have been much muchCarther muchtarther mucharther Carther tarther ( in m frontIt frontIt front frontIt It might be mentioned here that thatVaughan thatVaughan thatyaughan Vaughan has been one of ot o1 the stars starsin stars.n starsn .n n . n this Dodger drive Vaughan s hit hittmg hitLing hitting tmg Ling and his all around play has hasrued hasllled hasilled rued llled a wide open gap And AndVaughan AndVaughan AndVaughan Vaughan Is no longer lODger a kIdBut kidBut kid kidBut But now the Cardinals are com corn comng cornng cornjig ng along-and along and along - and the Cardinals Cardmals havealvays haveal have alvays 11 al vays been the team to beat beatt . . Theyere They \ - were \\-ere ere - 3-to-5 3 to 5 3-t0-5 t0 - - - - shots last ApriL ApriLhey ApriLrhey AprILrhcy rhey [ hey were the sure things tbmgs of an un unsure unsure sure ure game They still look to ba\e ba e base baethe basethe ba\ethe ba ethe \ the class the experience el.perlence elperlence : ! . the pItch pItchIng pitchlug pitchng Ing lug and their share of power But Butt t is 15 still a question as to whether whetherhey whetherhey whetherhey hey can outrun the Dodgers and and.he andlie andJie .he he lie . , Braies Bra\es Bra es Braces \ Anyone who wbo leaves or orhelves ordeives helves e\ves e ves ' \ out the Braves Is a trfC.e trfCe trifle trfC.etOOfy triflejoofy trifletoofy trifletoofyThe . tOOfy joofy tOOfyThe joofyThe The Yankees already have wreck wrecked wrecked wreckid ed the American league race Tbts This Tbtsneans Thisneans Thismeans neans : a bigger world series pay payoff payoft off ff This also means a keener fu1an finan fu1anlal finanCal finanlal lal Cal interest for tor any National leagueNmner leagueWinner league Nmner Winner |